Trump says US will arm Japan to knock down Korea missiles
Source: KOMO (AP)
TOKYO (AP) President Donald Trump on Monday refused to rule out eventual military action against North Korea and declared that the United States "will not stand" for Pyongyang menacing America or its allies.
In his first stop of an extended trip in Asia, Trump stood with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a news conference and suggested the United States will arm Japan, much as the United States has done with allies in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia. He did not deny reports that he has expressed frustration that Japan did not shoot down a ballistic missile North Korea recently fired over its territory.
"He will shoot 'em out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States," Trump said of Abe. "He will easily shoot them out of the sky."
Japan, under its war-renouncing Constitution, can shoot down a missile only when it is aimed at the country or in case debris are falling on to its territory. Some hawkish members of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party say that it may be possible to shoot down a missile headed toward Guam in case it causes existential threat to the U.S. as Japan's ally, but experts say that is questionable.
Read more: http://komonews.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-us-will-arm-japan-to-knock-down-korea-missiles-11-06-2017
Botany
(70,501 posts)Definition of diplomacy
1 :the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations
2 :skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility :tact handled the awkward situation with diplomacy
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SteelSmasher
(35 posts)While there are weapon systems capable of shooting down (non ICBM) missiles their reliability is less than 100%. Depending on the speed and mass of a missile launched from North Korea it could be a very difficult task to shoot it down.